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IMAGE: Dr. Balazs is one of 120 newly elected members to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.
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PITTSBURGH (April 26, 2021) ... Anna C. Balazs, an award-winning University of Pittsburgh Distinguished Professor in the Swanson School of Engineering, has added one of the nation's top honors to her portfolio. The National Academy of Sciences announced today that Balazs is among its 120 newly elected members, recognizing distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Balazs, who also holds the John A. Swanson Chair of Engineering in the Swanson School's Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, is internationally recognized for her theoretical and computational modeling of polymers. For the past decade, her research has focused on mimicking biological processes in polymeric materials which could contribute to the advancement of soft robotics or "squishy robots."